The toddler found crawling in the home of her dead family Monday was likely uncomfortable, hungry and thirsty but probably won’t remember the trauma, Curtis Rouanzoin, a Placentia clinical psychologist said Tuesday.

Most children can’t recall events until about 3-1/2, although some may remember powerful emotional events as early as age 2, he said.

“At 1 year of age, there is no way she could comprehend the seriousness or perhaps the horror of what occurred,” Rouanzoin said.

Key to her recovery is what happens next. “There is a very good possibility you can come out of something like this and certainly not be permanently scathed or traumatized,” said Michael Riley, director of the county’s Children and Family Services. “If the child is in an environment where the adults are not traumatized, the child can recover.”

Riley said the girl, whose name was withheld, could be more affected by the loss of her parents than what she may have seen. Garden Grove police took the girl into protective custody.

Riley said his agency usually looks for a relative or extended family member to care for a child taken into custody. If those options do not work, they look for a foster parent.